compatible

compatible
    adj 1: able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable
           combination; "a compatible married couple"; "her deeds
           were compatible with her ideology" [ant: {incompatible}]
    2: capable of being used with or connected to other devices or
       components without modification [ant: {incompatible}]
    3: capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither
       separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
    

Compatible \Com*pat"i*ble\, a. [F., fr. LL.compatibilis, fr. L.
   compati. See {Compassion}.]
   Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not
   repugnant; -- usually followed by with.
   [1913 Webster]

         Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by
         nature the most compatible.              --Broome.

   Syn: Consistent; suitable; agreeable; accordant.
        [1913 Webster]
    

compatible
compatibility

   <jargon> Different systems (e.g., {programs}, {file formats},
   {protocols}, even {programming languages}) that can work
   together or exchange data are said to be compatible.

   See also {backward compatible}, {forward compatible}.

   (1998-01-15)
    

123 Moby Thesaurus words for "compatible":
      accordant, affable, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, akin,
      amiable, amicable, answerable, appropriate, at one, attuned,
      blissful, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, coexistent,
      coexisting, coherent, coincident, coinciding, commensurate,
      communicative, companionable, companionate, complaisant,
      concordant, concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent,
      congruous, consentaneous, consentient, consistent, consonant,
      cooperating, cooperative, cordial, correspondent, corresponding,
      courteous, desirable, dulcet, empathetic, empathic, en rapport,
      enjoyable, equivalent, fair, fair and pleasant, felicific,
      felicitous, fine, fit, fit for society, fitting, fond of society,
      frictionless, friendly, genial, good, goodly, gracious, grateful,
      gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, heart-warming, honeyed,
      hospitable, in accord, in agreement, in concert, in rapport,
      in sync, in synchronization, in tune, inaccordance, inharmony,
      likable, like-minded, meet, mellifluous, mellow, nice, of a piece,
      of like mind, of one mind, on all fours, peaceful, pleasant,
      pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, positive,
      proper, proportionate, reconcilable, rewarding, satisfying,
      self-consistent, sociable, social, social-minded, suitable, sweet,
      symbiotic, sympathetic, synchronized, synchronous, together,
      unanimous, understanding, uniform, unisonant, unisonous, united,
      urbane, welcome